[CW-Grad] FW: 8+1: A Symposium (LA, 7 May 2011)

[Bryan G Bradford]

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From: Gerald Maa <geraldmaa at hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:31 PM
Subject: 8+1: A Symposium (LA, 7 May 2011)
To: gerald at aalrmag.org




Hi Bryan,

 

Could you post to the CW grad and student listerve?

 

Thanks!


Vanessa

 

The Asian American Literary Review is hosting a symposium on Saturday 7 May
at the Japanese American National Museum.  Attached is the press release
(also pasted below) and pdf flier for that event, as well as a pdf flier for
a party Hyphen magazine is putting on afterward.  
Symposium event page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=207912839232846
Hyphen (fancier) event page:
http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/event/2011/04/our-bittersweet-issue-teaser-par
ty-la

 

 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:   Gerald Maa, Editor-In-Chief, The Asian American Literary Review

512.577.1204              editors at aalrmag.org             www.aalrmag.org

 

ASIAN AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW HOLDS FIRST WEST COAST SYMPOSIUM

IN LITTLE TOKYO, LOS ANGELES

 

When: May 7, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Where: Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First St., Los Angeles

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

 

Renowned and emerging Asian American writers will converge at the Japanese
American National Museum on May 7 for a day-long celebration of contemporary
literature.

 

8+1: A Symposium, Voices from the Asian American Literary Review will
feature Joy Kogawa (Obasan), Kip Fulbeck (Part Asian, 100% Hapa), Rishi
Reddi (Karma and Other Stories), R. Zamora Linmark (Leche, Rolling the R's),
Reese Okyong Kwon (short fiction writer, recently named one of Narrative's
"30 Below 30" writers), Viet Nguyen (Race and Resistance: Literature and
Politics in Asian America), Hiromi Ito (Killing Kanoko) with award-winning
translator Jeffrey Angles, Ray Hsu (Cold Sleep Permanent Afternoon) and Los
Angeles native Brian Ascalon Roley (American Son). 

 

These writers reflect the richness and complexity of the Asian American
literary landscape. With family roots in Japan, India, the Philippines,
Korea, China, and Viet Nam, these writers touch upon fluid identities and
communities, erased histories, and linguistic and cultural alienation. Their
work ranges from delicate to expressive, experimental to moral.

 

The symposium will include paired readings, Q&A sessions and book signings.
The public may attend any or all of the readings.

 

Event sponsors include:  Japanese American National Museum, UCI Center for
Writing and Translation, USC Asian American Studies Program, UCLA Asian
American Studies Center, UCLA English Department and UCLA Friends of
English, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association, Coffee House Press,
Hyphen Magazine, Philippine Expressions Bookshop, Kaya Press, Diasporic
Vietnamese Artists Network, Giant Robot, Asian American Journalists
Association-Los Angeles Chapter, Audrey Magazine, Asian Arts Initiative,
Calypso Press, Asian Pacific American Studies at Loyola Marymount
University, Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, and Japan America
Society of Southern California.  This event is supported by Poets and
Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine
Foundation.

 

For a symposium schedule and full author bios, visit
http://www.aalrmag.org/symposium/.

 

 


About The Asian American Literary Review


The Asian American Literary Review, Inc. (AALR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
literary arts organization, a space for those who consider the designation
"Asian American" a fruitful starting point for artistic vision and
community. We are committed to inclusion and community-building; we are
committed to exploring where our many communities are going-our
ever-evolving social realities and imaginative possibilities.

 

 

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